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Treasury Stock (Details) (USD $) Share data in Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 28, 2015	Mar. 29, 2014
Treasury Stock Transactions, Excluding Value of Shares Reissued [Abstract]
Board-approved share repurchase program of common stock	$ 2,000,000,000us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramAuthorizedAmount1
Stock repurchase period	December 2017
Repurchased shares under the share repurchase program	0.6us-gaap_TreasuryStockSharesAcquired	1.3us-gaap_TreasuryStockSharesAcquired
Cost of share repurchased under the share repurchase program	47,945,000us-gaap_PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock	84,455,000us-gaap_PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock
Remaining authorization under the share repurchase program	$ 815,400,000us-gaap_StockRepurchaseProgramRemainingAuthorizedRepurchaseAmount1

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The cash outflow to reacquire common stock during the period.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Glossary Financing Activities

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 230

-SubTopic 10

-Section 45

-Paragraph 15

-Subparagraph (a)

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Amount remaining of a stock repurchase plan authorized.

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Number of shares that have been repurchased during the period and are being held in treasury.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 04

-Article 3



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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 505

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 2

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-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 02

-Paragraph 29, 30

-Article 5

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